Read Your Electric Meter

Guidelines
To read this mechanical
style electric meter, start from the right side of the dials. There may
be four or five dials. The dials move like watch dials, except that
every other one moves counter-clockwise.

Read the number closest
to the hand. If the hand is between two numbers, record the lower
number and move to the next dial on the left, proceeding until all dials
are read. Record the numbers of each dial as it is read.

The
current read is then correctly read starting from the left, and appears
on the bill as the present read. The present read on this meter is
41941.

AMR (Automatic Meter Reading) meters have digital dials that are read straight across from left to right. These meters are used for locations that are hard to read due to access issues. The present read on this meter is 5140.